Best business to start without money: How Many Days You Have Left.

In chapter six I told you how Blanquident collected on delivery and paid its suppliers at sixty and ninety days, so that for two months at a stretch we were spending money that was not yet owed to anybody. The construction company ran that machine backwards. Subcontractors wanted paying now. Labour wanted paying now. Materials wanted paying now, and then the client paid on milestones, which meant months, and sometimes months after the months.

From chapter 11: How many days you have left

Money customers have already paid you for something you have not delivered is not your buffer. Chapter four called that a debt with somebody's name attached to it, and chapter six watched a thirty-year-old company die from spending exactly that. Take it out before you divide.

From chapter 11: How many days you have left

That is how the book looks at “best business to start without money”: one idea at a time, with a step you can take right away. Of course, this is only one idea from the book. So, if this passage speaks to you, the full chapter goes further, and it ends with an exercise you can do the same evening.

In short, the book has 11 chapters, and each one ends with a practical exercise. Therefore, you can read it in order, or you can go straight to the part about “best business to start without money”.

1. The data that destroys the "need money" myth
2. What actually kills undercapitalised businesses
3. The bird in hand: you already have what you need
4. Customers are better investors than vcs
5. The first dollar
6. The float: how to get paid before you pay
7. Why you will price too low
8. The service to product pivot
9. Money you did not know existed
10. The growth loop
11. How many days you have left

Finally, you can get How Many Days You Have Left: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent in the stores below. Because every title of this book shares the same text, you can simply pick the one you like best. Also, the book is available in 19 languages.

In addition, each title below highlights a different idea from the same book. So, pick the one that speaks to you.

• The Data That Destroys the "Need Money" Myth: I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent: I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• What Actually Kills Undercapitalised Businesses: I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• I Don't Have Money: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• I Want to Start a Business
• The Data That Destroys the "Need Money" Myth: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• What Actually Kills Undercapitalised Businesses: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Bird in Hand: You Already Have What You Need: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent

See all 19 titles. Go to the book page.